Uefa Super Cup| Real Madrid vs Sevilla

@Shade

First half was reminiscent of the CL final. Game startdd off by both teams being very cautious. Defending with alot of numbers and attacking with little. Then came the goal which was a beauty from Asensio and kind of unexpected. After that we defended in our half and Sevilla had the momentum. Though they didn't create anything but they were passing the ball fluidly between their players evading our pressing impressively. They scored a goal out of nowhere with was a result of a series if mistakes starting with Marcelo (any surprise?) lunging in missing the ball leaving his flank bare. I wouldn't call anyone poor in the first half as i felt we were very solid, defended as a team and only let in one chance which was the goal. We also create 2 very good chances but they were either straight at the keeper or blocked for a corner. Morata i think should have made himself more available on crosses but i feel he did really well on the ball, holding up the ball and finding good passes to start attacks

Second half started with all the momentum towards Sevilla as they searched for a goal while they had all the momentum. We were losing most of the 2nd balls, and got bullied off the ball easily. Still they didn't create much. ZZ made some changes to freshen up the team abit and it backfired as Vitolo had a free run vs Ramos with no Isco there to help out. Lord knows where Modric was who should've helped out. The penalty imo was bs because Ramos pulled his leg away still it's Ramos and he has carefully built his reputation brick by brick. After they'd scored it was all us, they tried to counter but Casemiro and our defenders did eeally well to intercept all balls in their half so that we could start attacks quicker. Our players were getting frustrated and started fouling and moaning. We scored out of nowhere after Rico misjudged the ball having been excellent all game and Ramos put us level. After that Rip Sevilla because we were bombarding their penalty area and you ciuld sense they felt they'd lose. Kibd of like Atleti felt in ET and penalties

Ratings:

Kiko 6.5- solid game. Didn't have much to do, nothing much he could have done for the goal
Carvajal 10- no explanations necessary
Varane7.5- Akthough I feel he is partly to blame for the goal i feel he was excellent today. He won all areal duels and covered for both Ramos and Marcelo
Ramos 8- he is a nobhead no doubt but that goal ffs also his ball technique is excellent always makes a penetrative pass when he gets the ball. I think that part of his game is really underrated
Marcelo 5.5- not his best game. Anything dangerous was coming from his side and he didn't help out enough in attack either. Poor
Kovacic 6.5- othrs might not agree but i felt he was good today. Still makes some boneheaded passes right in front of our box but he was runing and pressing all game and that burst of speed ffs
Casemiro 7- Started off slowly by losing balls and getting pushed aside but grew into the game. By 2nd half the Casemiro we all admire and love
IscoDisco 7- Thought he worked extremely hard, created chances and had some chances himselx which he took really well. Happy with his performance
Asensio 9- Excellent game. There were periods he was quiet but i have to say i was pleasantly surprised by his display. Always made himself available for a pass. Excellent descision making and tracked back. The one time he did a Ronaldo we conceded a pk. Hope he remembers that
Lucas 7- Took him an eternity to get into the game. Constantly got fouled by the Sevilla players. We got what we expected from him. Hardwork and clutch. By the end of the game he was probably Motm but that was only for 30 mins love him though.
Morata 7- Didn't get any chances. Did really well on long balls and balls quickly played to his feet. Didn't lose any balls and helped us attack. However his runs in the box were weird. Either he'd back out when it was better to run in or he'd run behind to thd back post when the near post was better. Though this will come to him with experience

Subs:
Modric 7- Did what he always does which was to spray the ball around
Benzema 6.5- Disnt think he had an impact on the game unfortunately. Looked like a forced sub that anything else. He clearly wasn't ready
James 6.5- I admire him trying but it's not working out for him unfortunately. You can tell hiw talented he is when he creates chances like he did for Modric. But i dont think that's enough unfortunately

I feel when he left us his ball technique was quite poor. He seems to have improved on that. His movements in the box i feel will improve when he fets used to playing with these players. He doesn't look on the same wavelength as our other attackers yet

@tito, tbh as you said 10 is probably stretching it but he was immaculate that's what i was trying to get across

Re Morata and Benz ratings. I felt both could have done better but i took into account our conservative tactics when rating Morata. Even Ronaldo would've looked underwhelming. I felt he did well whenever he got the ball which was rare and he did well to take balls down on gk and long balls